They and other similarly primitive humans ran past him, fleeing from what appeared to be dark figures - growling gorillas with armor and helmets! He joined the frenzied flight of the humans, but many of them were caught in nets, snatched, and held captive.Francisco became delirious and wandered off from the group, followed by Tomboy.Knowing he was becoming undead from the bite, he begged to be killed by her rather than committing suicide (something against his religion) - and she complied, reminding him of his frequent request to her in her final words to him ("You finally changed my life forever.They ride off, joined by Carter, sidekick Croft, and Davies who also tag along with the angry mob as a means of self-preservation, accompanied by:Gerald (William Eythe), Tetley""s weak-willed, sensitive son brought along by the Major to prove and toughen his manhood ("Perhaps this will do what I""ve obviously failed to do, make a man of you")Jenny "Ma" Grier (Jane Darwell in an atypical role), an iron-willed, heartless, cackling, robost, blood-thirsty female who runs a boarding house, and wants to fulfill her civic dutyMonty Smith (Paul Hurst), a bearded, drunken town bum and redneck who is bored with inactivity and wants some excitement and adventure on the frontier ("It ain""t every day we have a hangin"" in a town as dead as this one")Mapes (Dick Rich), also called "Butch," a power-hungry, sadistic bully made Deputy while he sheriff is out of town and itching to prove himselfSparks (Leigh Whipper), a mild-mannered old black man, the unofficial town preacher and singer of hymns who feels sympathetic towards anyone who might be victimized by a vengeful lynch mob because he once saw his own brother ("a little fella") lynched(While ridiculing Sparks as he sits on porch steps and whittles, Smith encourages him to join the mob: "You won""t have to do nothin""." Later, outside the restaurant, Robert spoke to his father about the upcoming fight, and the problems of growing up under Rocky""s celebrity shadow ("People see me but they think of you.